The production of meaning simultaneously produces the impression of an authorial will.

Evidence

Meaning is an effect not only of conceptuality, however, but also of intention. ‘To mean’ implies at the same time both to signify and to have intention or purpose. If a piece of writing or other process of representation produces meaning, in doing so it produces the impression of an authorial intention or will. The more effectively this meaning is made to stand apart as its own realm, the more effective will be the impression of such intentionality. In order to return to the questions about modern political certainty that I raised at the beginning of this chapter, I want to show how the methods of effecting the existence of a separate conceptual realm were at the same time a new method of effecting intention, certainty, authorial will, or more generally authority itself. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 469 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The impression of authorial intention is produced as an effect of meaning itself. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 469; Identical text can differ in originality depending on authorial context. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2029; Knowledge created from a position of strength produces the object it claims to describe (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The impression of authorial intention is produced as an effect of meaning itself. #corroborates (0.95) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 469